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Phytosymbiosis of aerobic methylobacteria: New facts and views

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This review highlightsrecent findings on the phytosymbiosis of aerobic methylobacteria, including their biodiversity, occurrence, and their role in associations with plants, as well as the capacity for biosynthesis of bioactive compounds (auxins, cytokinins, and vitamin Bl2) and nitrogen fixation. Future research directions in phytosymbiosis of aerobic methylobacteria during the postgenomics era are discussed.

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Original Russian Text © D.N. Fedorov, N.V. Doronina, Yu.A. Trotsenko, 2011, published in Mikrobiologiya, 2011, Vol. 80, No. 4, pp. 435–446.

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Fedorov, D.N., Doronina, N.V. & Trotsenko, Y.A. Phytosymbiosis of aerobic methylobacteria: New facts and views. Microbiology 80, 443–454 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0026261711040047

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